How to pronounce 填海 in Cantonese (8 out of 13):

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香港個海域就黎填海填到冇哂啦

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
海域 hoi2 wik6
sea area
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
黎 lai4
black
a surname
numerous
many
dark
an aboriginal tribe
填海 tin4 hoi2
reclamation
填 zan3
an alternative form for the word鎮, town
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
冇 mo5
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
哂 saai3
(literary) to smile
to sneer
to display
to show off
to sunbathe
to sleep
to hide
to hide out
to stay
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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